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Chen Kang (亢晨)

Pyraminx · top 4.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011KANG05

Chen Kang (亢晨) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.32, set at China Championship 2017, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 570th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 98 competitions since August 2011, he has put 2,202 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.09 in August 2011 to 11.26, a 34% improvement. Chen has entered 98 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 4.8% of 129,321 all-time
3.32
signature single · China Championship 2017
2,202
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx3.326.95
top 4.8%570 / 10,224
2×22.385.02
top 7.8%1,121 / 15,796
3×311.2613.27
top 11.3%4,438 / 28,153
Skewb4.619.02
top 15.3%942 / 5,004
4×443.1652.64
top 16.0%1,734 / 5,926
Megaminx1:18.971:35.01
top 21.1%637 / 1,678
Square-118.7123.66
top 25.0%418 / 1,362
Clock10.1712.10
top 25.9%592 / 1,843
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves41.67
top 30.0%322 / 1,058
5×51:37.011:46.80
top 33.1%1,497 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed25.9029.48
top 36.6%3,436 / 5,922
6×64:08.954:22.43
top 68.4%1,171 / 1,349
7×76:11.657:10.19
top 70.4%1,099 / 1,261

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Xining Summer Open 2011: 17.09Qinghai Open 2012: 14.98TUT 2013: 15.93Xining Winter Open 2014: 14.62Beijing Spring 2014: 15.72Tianjin University Open 2014: 15.32Tianjin University Open 2015: 14.91Xining Summer Open 2015: 15.66China Championship 2015: 15.60Beijing Open 2015: 15.28Tianjin Winter Open 2015: 12.32Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016: 13.37Tangshan Open 2016: 12.71One Night in Beijing 2016: 11.97Xining Summer Open 2016: 13.13Asian Championship 2016: 11.98Tianjin Open 2016: 12.92Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 14.33Tangshan Open 2017: 13.80Beijing Open 2017: 12.89China Championship 2017: 13.83Beijing Ten Years Open 2017: 13.34Hefei Open 2017: 12.19XPU Open 2017: 11.75Taiyuan Autumn 2017: 11.79Shijiazhuang Open 2017: 11.83Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018: 11.58Qinhuangdao Open 2018: 12.66Beijing Open 2018: 12.29Shijiazhuang Open 2018: 12.13Tangshan Open 2018: 11.86Tianjin Summer Open 2018: 12.88Xi'an Open 2018: 11.93Taiyuan Winter 2018: 11.27Xianyang Open 2019: 12.15Qingdao Spring 2019: 11.26Qinhuangdao Open 2019: 13.14Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019: 12.49Chengdu Open 2019: 11.36Zhengzhou Open 2019: 14.59Shijiazhuang Open 2019: 11.28Linfen Open 2019: 12.96China Championship 2019: 12.12Ningxia Open 2019: 13.11Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019: 13.56Xinxiang Open 2019: 13.40Shandong Open 2019: 13.14Tianjin Autumn 2019: 11.96Lanzhou Autumn 2019: 12.93Beijing Winter 2019: 12.97NEU Open 2019: 12.61Taiyuan Winter 2019: 11.61Ordos Winter 2020: 11.81Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021: 13.04Guangdong Open 2021: 12.99Wuhan Open 2021: 13.86Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021: 14.79Chongqing Open 2023: 12.24Shenyang Open 2023: 15.64Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 14.43Kunshan Open 2024: 13.42Guiyang Open 2024: 14.99Chengdu Summer 2024: 13.33Zhengzhou Open 2024: 12.28Xi'an New Year 2025: 14.10Chongqing New Year 2025: 13.69Luoyang Spring 2025: 16.35Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 14.03Shenyang Spring 2025: 13.66Zhuhai Open 2025: 13.81Xi'an Summer 2025: 13.70Ningbo Autumn 2025: 11.76Shenyang Autumn 2025: 15.82Xi'an Autumn 2025: 13.84Beijing Winter 2026: 13.47Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026: 13.58Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026: 13.02Jiajiang Open 2026: 13.92Xi'an Open 2026: 16.5011.2617.096 Aug 201122 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.